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The UK technical Interface Specifications (TIS) have been produced following consultations with certain key trade stakeholders involved in International Trade. They set out the messages that need to be exchanged between the trade and HM revenue & Customs (HMRC) since Import Control System (ICS) became mandatory on 1 January 2011.
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ICS phase 1 - technical interface specification
version 1.6 (PDF 780K)
Version date 1 November 2011
ICS schema version 2.1 (ZIP
57K)
Version date 1 November 2011
ICS WSDL version 2.0 (ZIP 688K)
Version date 1 November 2011
ICS Code list version 1.1 (ZIP 473K)
Version date 1 September 2009
ICS TPVS trader test pack version
1.2 (PDF 134K)
version date 15 November 2011
HMRCmark user guide version
1.0 (PDF 23K)
Version date 6 November 2008
ICS technical
issues log version 1.4 (PDF 56K)
Version date 16 November 2011
